VIVAT New York is an active member of many NGO Committees, Task Forces, and Working Groups. One such group in which VIVAT is a participant is the NGO Comminttee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG). Through VIVAT’s membership and collaboration with the WGG, we promote the rights of girls in their communities, and encouraging [...]
A First Hand Perspective Through VIVAT International I had the privilege of taking part in the Ninth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Previously I had no experience of the UN, nor of any of the seemingly countless UN agencies. My presence at the session was meant to be a learning experience, and [...]
Over the past few decades, the issue of global warming has become a pervasive topic in the discourse among policymakers worldwide. However, climate change talks may be a helpful forum for voicing concerns and ideas, but they have thus far proven to be inadequate in global policy implementation. Fortunately, while the problem of coordinated action [...]
As one of the last of the annual commissions held during the spring at United Nations headquarters in New York, the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was just as much of a success as the previous commissions and forums held throughout February, March, and April. The CSD is one of the UN’s newest commissions, but [...]
By Dário Bossi,MCCJ The “Justice on Tracks” Campaign is one of the sponsors of the “1st International Meeting of People Affected by Vale”. Since the beginning of 2009, right after the World Social Forum in Belém, Brazil, we felt the necessity to elaborate an international meeting to focus exclusively on Vale and its socio-environmental impacts [...]
On April 15-17, nine congregations gathered together for a Vivat North America workshop in Washington, DC. These congregations included: Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Divine Word Missionaries, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Camboni Missionaries, Camboni Sisters, Holy Rosary Missionary Sisters, Spiritans, and the Little Sisters of the Assumption. The first evening [...]
Missionary Oblates, VIVAT Member, JPIC Office Call to Action to Help Combat Human Trafficking in Association with 2010 world Cup events in South Africa In just two months, close to one million visitors will travel to South Africa for the World Cup. This influx of people may also have the unintended consequence of creating opportunities [...]
VIVAT addresses Gender in Relation to Mining at the Commission on the Status of Women.
The Working Group on Mining hopes to bring to light the egregious negative impacts of mining in relation to women, indigenous peoples, and the environment to the international arena. With these hopes, VIVAT and the Working Group plans on holding two more parallel events during the remaining Commissions and Forums later this year on indigenous peoples’ rights and on sustainable development.
Human activity is causing the diversity of life on Earth to be lost at a greatly accelerated rate. Felling or burning of forests, removal of mangroves, intensive farming, pollution stress, overfishing and the impacts of climate change are all destroying biodiversity.
The earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding areas in January 2010 killed more than 200,000 people, injured 300,000 and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses. Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere before the earthquake, is struggling to recover.
In the spirit of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) currently taking place at the U.N. in New York, this article illustrates the concrete successes of the SSpS in Ethiopia in promoting women empowerment and social inclusion of women and girls. By Benigilda Ladia,SSpS In Ethiopia, women are still considered less important in [...]
From March 1 – March 12, the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will be held at the United Nations in New York, emphasizing equal rights and equal opportunities for women world wide.
The Commission on Social Development (CSocD), one of several commissions for the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), convened for its 48th session from February 3 to February 12, 2010, at the UN Secretariat in New York. The Commission comprises 46 member states that are elected on a rotating basis, and it serves primarily to [...]
Justice for the land wounded by the Brazilian mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce By Dário Bossi,MCCJ “I am tired to handle this mining train that passes in front of my house ten times a day. I am tired of listening to this convoy of 300 wagons taking away the wealth of our land [...]
We the members and associate members of VIVAT International, from 8 religious congregations, namely, 1. DIVINE WORD MISSIONARIES (S.V.D) 2. SISTER SERVANTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (S.Sp.S) 3. THE SPIRITANS (C.S.Sp) 4. COMBONI MISSIONARIES (M.C.C.J) 5. COMBONI MISSIONARY SISTERS (C.M.S) 6. SISTERS OF ADORERS OF BLOOD OF CHRIST (A.S.C) 7. OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE (O.M.I) [...]
It is one of VIVAT’s strongest priorities and values to advocate for the rights of indigenous people as upheld by the United Nations. Thus, VIVAT has been actively working on supporting the indigenous Quilombo population of Brazil in their efforts to claim their human rights.
“VIVAT Members have been working to combat these injustices…promote human rights of indigenous communities and maintenance of a sustainable environment.”
Millions of world citizens around the world organized thousands of vigil events relating to the UN World Conference on climate change being held on 7-18 December 2009 in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.
Participants came from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru. Miguel Heinz SVD with support from Bolivian members was responsible for organizing the workshop. Zelia Cordeiro SSpS and Daniel LeBlanc OMI from the New York office were present to lend a supporting hand, learn from participants, and present various aspects of our work at the UN. [...]
For the first time members of the eight religious congregations that form VIVAT International came together for a week- long workshop in Brazil. There were 40 participants. The workshop included a day on spirituality…
Monte Cucco, Rome March 11-15 2007. VIVAT International was created on November 18th, 2000 when its rust newly formed Board of Directors convened, and issued its first official communique. In it was written its principal vision to develop advocacy work in the United Nations believing that its humanitarian vision is consistent with the Justice and [...]
We promote understanding and harmony between peoples, classes, and religions.
We believe that the humanitarian goals of the United Nations are very consistent with our own goals and that collaboration with the United Nations can be an important way of working for the kingdom.
We work for ecological sustainability, the protection of biodiversity, and the preservation of the richness of the planet for future generations.
We carry out liaison for networking and collaboration with other agencies and NGOs.
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Helping families get access to clean water and basic sanitation facilities is one of key objective of the MDGs, Millennium Development Goals Toolkit for Religious Leaders.
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